Mehrdad Minavand - International Appearances


The outstanding Iranian player obtained 66 international caps with his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born:	30-11-1975
Died:	27- 1-2021
Country:  Iran
Caps:	67	(W35-D17-L15 – GF126-GA68 – %64.93)
Goals:	4
Age First Cap:	 20 yr 360 d	25-11-1996 vs. Turkmenistan 0-1
Age Last Cap:	 26 yr 264 d	21- 8-2002 vs. Ukraine 1-0
National Team Career: 5 yr 269 d


Caps	Date 	Venue 	 	Opponent       Score 	Competition
 1    25-11-96	Tehran		Turkmenistan	0-1
 2     8-12-96	Dubai		Thailand	3-1	Asian Nations Cup
 3    11-12-96	Dubai		Saudi Arabia	3-0	Asian Nations Cup
 4    16-12-96	Dubai		South Korea	6-2	Asian Nations Cup
 5    18-12-96	Abu Dhabi	Saudi Arabia  	0-0 [1]	Asian Nations Cup
 6    21-12-96	Abu Dhabi	Kuwait   	1-1 [2]	Asian Nations Cup
 7    21- 4-97	Tabriz		Kenya		3-0
 8     2- 6-97	Damascus	Maldives       17-0	World Cup Qualifier
 9     4- 6-97	Damascus	Kyrgyzstan	7-0	World Cup Qualifier
10     6- 6-97	Damascus	Syria		1-0	World Cup Qualifier
11     9- 6-97	Tehran		Kyrgyzstan	3-1	World Cup Qualifier
12    13- 6-97	Tehran		Syria		2-2	World Cup Qualifier
13    17- 8-97	Toronto		Canada		1-0
14     2- 9-97	Abu Dhabi	UA Emirates	1-3
15    13- 9-97	Dalian		China		4-2	World Cup Qualifier
16    19- 9-97	Tehran		Saudi Arabia	1-1	World Cup Qualifier
17    26- 9-97	Kuwait City	Kuwait		1-1	World Cup Qualifier
18    17-10-97	Tehran		China		4-1	World Cup Qualifier
19    31-10-97	Tehran		Kuwait		0-0	World Cup Qualifier
20     7-11-97	Doha		Qatar		0-2	World Cup Qualifier
21    16-11-97	Johor Bahru	Japan		2-3	World Cup Qualifier
22    28- 1-98	Hong Kong	Nigeria		0-1	Carlsberg Cup
23    31- 1-98	Hong Kong	Chile  		1-1 [3]	Carlsberg Cup
24    14- 4-98	Tabriz		Kuwait		1-1
25    20- 4-98	Tehran		Hungary		0-2	LG Cup
26    22- 4-98	Tehran		Jamaica		1-0	LG Cup
27     3- 6-98	Rijeka		Croatia		0-2
28    14- 6-98	Saint-Etienne	Yugoslavia	0-1	World Cup
29    21- 6-98	Lyon		United States	2-1	World Cup
30    25- 6-98	Montpellier	Germany		0-2	World Cup
31    13-10-98	Kuwait City	Kuwait		0-3
32     2- 6-99	Edmonton	Ecuador		1-1	Canada Cup
33     4- 6-99	Edmonton	Canada		1-0	Canada Cup
34     6- 6-99	Edmonton	Guatemala	2-2	Canada Cup
35    24- 5-00	Amman		Kazakhstan	3-0	WAFF Tournament
36    26- 5-00	Amman		Palestina	1-1	WAFF Tournament
37    28- 5-00	Amman		Syria		1-0	WAFF Tournament
38    31- 5-00	Amman		Jordan		1-0	WAFF Tournament
39     2- 6-00	Amman		Syria		1-0	WAFF Tournament
40     7- 6-00	Tehran		Egypt  		1-1 [4]	LG Cup
41     9- 6-00	Tehran		Macedonia	3-1	LG Cup
42     1- 9-00	Wien		Austria		1-5
43    12-10-00	Beirut		Lebanon		4-0	Asian Nations Cup
44    15-10-00	Beirut		Thailand	1-1	Asian Nations Cup
45    18-10-00	Sidon		Iraq		1-0	Asian Nations Cup
46    23-10-00	Tripoli		South Korea	1-2	Asian Nations Cup
47    22- 7-01	Bihac		Bosnia-Herzeg.	2-2
48     1- 8-01	Doha		Qatar		1-2
49     8- 8-01	Tehran		Oman		5-2	LG Cup
50    10- 8-01	Tehran		Bosnia-Herzeg.	4-0	LG Cup
51    15- 8-01	Bratislava	Slovakia	4-3
52    24- 8-01	Tehran		Saudi Arabia	2-0	World Cup Qualifier
53     1- 9-01	Bangkok		Thailand	0-0	World Cup Qualifier
54     7- 9-01	Baghdad		Iraq		2-1	World Cup Qualifier
55    14- 9-01	Tehran		Bahrain		0-0	World Cup Qualifier
56    28- 9-01	Jeddah		Saudi Arabia	2-2	World Cup Qualifier
57     5-10-01	Tehran		Thailand	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
58    12-10-01	Tehran		Iraq		2-1	World Cup Qualifier
59    25-10-01	Tehran		UA Emirates	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
60    31-10-01	Abu Dhabi	UA Emirates	3-0	World Cup Qualifier
61    10-11-01	Dublin		Ireland 	0-2	World Cup Qualifier
62    15-11-01	Tehran		Ireland 	1-0	World Cup Qualifier
63     6- 2-02	Tehran		Slovakia	2-3
64     1- 3-02	Casablanca	Venezuela	1-0	LG Cup
65    30- 5-02	Safat		Kuwait		3-1
66    21- 8-02	Kyiv		Ukaine		1-0

[1] Iran lost 3-4 on penalty kicks.
[2] Iran won 3-2 on penalty kicks.
[3] Iran won 4-2 on penalty kicks.
[4] Iran lost 8-9 on penalty kicks.


Remarks: Not full "A" international match and therefore not included here:
       3- 3-02	Casablanca	Algeria Olympic	0-0	LG Cup
       1- 2-03	Hong Kong	Denmark	League	1-0	Carlsberg Cup


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    66    34   17   15  125-  68      85      64.39


Types of Matches

Friendlies      	14
World Cup Qualifier	23
Other Tournaments	12
Asian Nations Cup	 9
WAFF Tournament          5
World Cup           	 3

Total caps:         	66


Goals:
Cap  2		1 goal
Cap  8		1 goal
Cap  9		1 goal
Cap 60		1 goal

Total 		4 goals


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